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The Cost of Easy Money Is Now Coming Due

Since 2008, we have been in an era of unprecedented money printing and interest rate suppression. Now the cost of all of that easy money is coming due.

Words Mean Things: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap April 1, 2022

When you change the definition of words, it can create confusion. This is exactly why politicians have worked so hard to change the definition of inflation. As a result, a lot of people are very confused. In this Friday Gold Wrap podcast, host Mike Maharrey explains how the meaning of inflation has changed and why […]

Mortgage Rates Chart Biggest Weekly Increase in 11 Years

The Federal Reserve launched its fight against inflation earlier this month, but it wasn’t exactly shock and awe. The Fed raised interest rates by just a quarter percent.  Peter Schiff called it the most anticipated and least significant rate hike ever. Meanwhile, the central bank continued to expand its balance sheet. While the Fed’s tiny […]

It’s Another Housing Bubble and the Fed Is Holding the Pin

Are we heading toward housing crisis 2.0? That remains to be seen. Two things are for certain. This is a massive housing bubble. And the Fed is holding the pin.

Existing Home Sales Plunge; Biggest Year-on-Year Drop Since 2011

Here’s another sign that the air is coming out of housing bubble 2.0. Existing home sales fell 10.3% year-on-year in December. Sales, including single-family houses, townhouses, condos, and co-ops, dropped to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.99 million homes, according to the National Association of Realtors. This ranks as the biggest year-over-year drop since May […]

Building Houses on Rotten Foundations: SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap 11.16.18

The SchiffGold Friday Gold Wrap podcast combines a succinct summary of the week’s precious metals news coupled with thoughtful analysis. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Is the Air Coming Out of Housing Bubble 2.0?

Peter Schiff put it pretty bluntly in a podcast last week. We don’t have a booming economy. We have bubbles. And it looks like the air is starting to come out of some of those bubbles. We see signs of trouble, particularly in interest rate-sensitive sectors such as real estate. As just one example, home sales in […]

Risk vs. Return: Silver Looks Like a Good Bet

If you have the choice between an investment with low risk and a high potential for return, or an investment with high risk and a low potential for return, which would you take? The answer seems obvious, right? You want to take on the lowest risk possible while getting the best potential for a good rate […]